| Title | : | The Chinaman Pacific and Frisco R.R. Co. |
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| ISBN | : | 0918273447 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780918273444 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
| Publication | : | First published October 1, 1988 |
| Awards | : | American Book Award (1989) |
American Book Award winner. Short stories set among the Chinese-American community of Oakland, California. "[Chin] writes an oceanic prose teeming with wild images and long surreal passages."--Richard Burgin, New York Times Book Review
The Chinaman Pacific and Frisco R.R. Co. Reviews
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This lyrical, twisty (and sometimes twisted) collection of short stories is strangely paced and has even stranger plot elements. All of the stories have the boy Dirigible, who grows up in the Bay Area and in the Chinatowns of both San Francisco and Oakland. He grows up constantly battered with the negative stereotypes surrounding Asian males - that they are effeminate, powerless, without any masculinity. Dirigible hates these stereotypes and longs to get rid of them. A quick read but the content will leave you scratching your head in bewilderment or going back to reread and find that deeper meaning. The book is nicely written with an interesting topic and an even more interesting way to go about it.
